Annabel's Angels - Friendships Through Cancer

Our friend Annabel was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in April 2012, not long before her 40th Birthday. Her cancer diagnosis came as a horrific shock, yet she made friends with other women via the Macmillan Online Forum so to never burden her family and close friends with worries about her illness.

Annabel was always considerate, even though she was diagnosed with a secondary cancer she wanted to protect and support her loved ones and remained positive, supportive and she reached out to others in similar positions to help them through bad days. As her condition took a turn for the worse and she was admitted to hospital over Christmas, Annabel was still reaching out and helping others via her smart phone from her hospital bed. She died on 28 December 2012.

Annabel’s generous, thoughtful and kind nature touched so many that read her posts and messages online that after her death her family was inundated with messages from women that had been online friends or even occasionally read her posts but never commented, the silent readers that greatly benefited from her advice and kindness.

How did Annabel's Angels start?

Annabel's Angels originates from a group of people all affected by Cancer. Annabel’s Angels is a Derby based registered charitable trust raising funds to support local cancer patients and their families. This includes:

Fundraising to purchase items to help improve the quality of life for cancer patients and their families living in Derby.

Fundraising to support local cancer self help groups and cancer associated initiatives in Derby.

Developing an interactive online support service to help reduce isolation experienced by cancer patients and families in Derby.

Annabel Hancox

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Support Us

You might know a family affected by cancer in Derby. Please point them our way, we'd love to be able to help in some way.

Perhaps you'd like to hold an event or take on a challenge to raise valuable funds. Your donation will help us reach and support patients and families living with cancer in Derby. Setting up your own fundraising activity or supporting us longer term is easy by using Just Giving - see link below. We're always keen to hear of new ideas and partnerships to help us raise funds. Perhaps you have an idea you'd like to share with us. From bag packs to raffles to sponsored challenges, we're all ears. Contact our Chairperson, Simon, by email on simon@annabelsangels.co.uk to share your thoughts.

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